The Washington critic., 1887-04-19
WASHINGTON. APRIL 10, 1887.


knights of Labor is accompanied by |
The condition that they do not "idcntfy |
themselves with the theories now be.
ing disseminated by certain agitators,
which, doubtless, has reference to the |
hercsies of Henry George on the one |
hand and the anarchist doctrines of |
John Most on the other, Aswc under
stand the decision arrived at by the
Holy Father, 1t ia that The Knights are |
not to be ruled outside Of the Church |
because of Their being 10 n certain cS.
tent an oath bound and secret orglnilr
lion, so long as they do not inculc te |
doctrines dangerous to lhc interests OF |
property and social order The full effect |
of this important decision remains TO be
asCertaincd. II must neCcssitnte com.
plete and final alienation between the
Knights Of Labor as conservative
order and the Labor organizations thai
follow revolutionary leaders. There
can be no moro cnnrcri of action be-
tween the one US represented by
Terence Powderly and the other rs
taught by Henry George or inspired by
August Spies. Yet the latter are i'm
portant factors OF the Labor move
ment-impOItaut IN n mbess and inllu.
ence. Is 1t not going 10 be very diff
cult matter to draw the lines of dis
tinction so as to keep the knights of
Labor free of uncean associations?
How can they affiliate politically or
otherwise with those who stand under
permanent condemnation of the Church
without endangering the retention of
the papal benediction and wholly i'm.
pairing whatever virtue 1t may pos.
sessg
THE settlers who took up claims on
the Winnebago and Grow Creek reser-
yations of Dakota under President Ar.
thurs proclamation of February %,
1884, are TO be driven out at the point
of the bayonet under the subsequent
revocation of that proclamation by
President Cleveland. There is a mani.
fest hardship and injustice in this pro.
ceeding which the settlers will be fully
justified in resisting. The Govcrn-
ment is bound to abide by Its treaties
with the Indians, but 1t has no bust.
ness to act the scoundrel towards
honest white men who have lawfully
and in good faith settled on an Indian
reservation. These men went where
they are by the highest cXecu-
tive authority in the land. If
trespass was committed, It was
the Government not the settler
that committed it; and now, instead of
sending troops to burn the property OF
the settlers and shoot them dnyn for
Caring to protect II, the Government
should send commission To negotiate
their removal aud put itself under
solemn bonds 10 make their losses 60 III
TO the last cent. Every man who has
made a claim should be paid in full tor
his time aud trouble and expenses and
provided with an equally eligible home,
stead elsewhere, \ grear Government
like this cannot afford to be mean or
play the despot with its hardy
pioneers.
To those railroad companies that
have advanced rates on local freight
and fares on suburban passenger travel
upon the preteXt that such action was
rendered necessary by the Interstate
Commerce law, We respectfully con-
mend the following extracts from the
document issued by the Commission
yesterday;
Good faith exhibited In an honest effort
To carry out the requirements of the law will
involve reasonable and fair.minded officials
in no danger of damages or fines.
The language and the tenor OF the act
Wholly fail to Justify railroad managers, II
any such there be, who refuse to accept re
possibilities, decline to offer rates, neglect u
announce conditions of traffic, embarrass tn,
customary interchange of business and i'm
pose stagnaton upon trade II Il
sill more uniustinable for railroad cOmpanle
TO make use of general clauses Of the law
to impose additional burdens upol
localities, trades, professions, manufacturers
consumers, classes of travellers or employees
and quoting the new law as their au
thority for all manner of petty exactions."
The prosperity of the country ant
the railroads is dependent upon eacl
other, and the companies which bes
serve the communities tributary tC
them will earn the greatest measure oi
success and popularity.
Mr. PARNELL's alleged letter to Ne
Eagan, relative to the Phoenix Park
murder. in which he Is made to say
that che regrets the accident of Lord
Cavendish's death" but admits tha
Burke got no more than his deserts,
is Indignantly denounced as n forgery
both by Mr.. Parnell's friends and him
self. In fact, Mr.. Parnell, not conten
with simple denial of its authorship
which ought to be sufficient to establish
his innocence of the charge, enters int
minute explanations to show the diff
ference between the fac smile printe
In the IiiaCs and his own handwriting
lie was probably induced to do tai
from the fact that the Times ha
previously said "he could not expect
simple repudiation Of the letter to hav
any weight with public opinion, bu
must bring more solid proofs" In tn
meantime the "Thunderer" Is reapn
the fruit of It's sensational scoop" o
the other London papers in immens
sales of its special editions, apparent.
unconcerned as TO the truth or falslt.
of the charges.
THE performance of Jim the Pen
man" at the New National last evening
attracted house full of people, Even